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Re: Some people call Buicks "boats"...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 6 Feb 2004 23:44:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
> If all the Cubans fled to the US, Castro would have no one to push around. I
> mean, shouldn't the US be welcoming every single Cuban with open arms--that'd
> depopulate the country pretty quick.
Not so. Many Cubans are happy with their lives in paradise. Two hours of work
per day and 22 for free time in which to study for free for ever...doesn't sound
totally bad to me. (Though I'd really want reliable power and a fat pipe.)
Chris
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| (...) This is sarcasm, right? "we pretend to work, and the state pretends to pay us" ... that sort of thing? Presumably workers don't flee a workers "paradise" unless the quotation marks are there for a reason. (remember, I'm biased... both my (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Won't something very bad happen to them when they get home? Doesn't Castro frown on folks leaving his country 'illegally'? If all the Cubans fled to the US, Castro would have no one to push around. I mean, shouldn't the US be welcoming every (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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